35 Bible Verses about Sports
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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking out a window, saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah, his wife.
And also if anyone contends in public contest, he is not crowned, except he contends legitimately.
that he might present her glorious for himself, a congregation , not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
To make an abomination is as sport to the fool, but wisdom is recreation to the man of intelligence.
And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible one.
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the cardinals of the Philistines were there, and upon the roof there were about three thousand men and women that beheld while Samson was mocked.
And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson that he may make us laugh. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport, and they set him between the pillars.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious sons, a lying seed of transgression,
There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts
Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he that is glad regarding the calamity of someone else shall not go unpunished.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Let my soul not enter into their secret; nor let my honour join their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their own will they dug down a wall.
Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Likewise ye also cannot do good, being taught to do evil.
In this know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ, is come in flesh is of God:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
But he turned and rebuked them and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vines flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
And he persisted in seeking God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in those days that he sought the LORD, God prospered him.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields and spears and helmets and coats of mail and bows and slings to cast stones.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows and great stones with. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal and against the Mehunims.
Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate and at the valley gate and at the corners and fortified them.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
